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With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI last week, attention is turning to the conclave in March.  I thought this would be a good time to recall the first American eligible to participate in a conclave:  John Cardinal McCloskey, the first American cardinal. Born on March 10, 1810 to Irish immigrants in Brooklyn, New York when [...]

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